Candidate Statements-Writing about Injury Recovery

[tm2zc7]

Hello everyone hope your having a great summer!

One of the candidate statements asks about response to difficulties within one’s lives. I’m considering talking about overcoming an injury (required surgery) I suffered through my sport and my recovery from this. My only concern is if this opens a can of worms with regards to if I would be able to pass a physical examination. Does anyone have any insight?

 

[Capt MJ]

Hello everyone hope your having a great summer!

One of the candidate statements asks about response to difficulties within one’s lives. I’m considering talking about overcoming an injury (required surgery) I suffered through my sport and my recovery from this. My only concern is if this opens a can of worms with regards to if I would be able to pass a physical examination. Does anyone have any insight?

Two parallel worlds. The DoDMERB medical evaluation process looks at what you present on your medical history questionnaires and results from the physical exams. DoDMERB then finds you either meet the military accession standard or you don’t (Q or DQ). Unless there is a mismatch between what you say in your essay and what you report to DoDMERB, your process will proceed the usual way, with DoDMERB handling medical qualification. The Admissions team wil be focusing on the quality of your response to the prompt.

 

[DrMom]

Listen, you are going to be clearing your injury and recovery through DODMERB. This sounds like a great tale of overcoming tragedy. You will want to end with how this makes you a better leader (soldiers get sports injuries all the time.)

 

[tm2zc7]

Listen, you are going to be clearing your injury and recovery through DODMERB. This sounds like a great tale of overcoming tragedy. You will want to end with how this makes you a better leader (soldiers get sports injuries all the time.)

Thank you ma’am!

 

[tm2zc7]

Two parallel worlds. The DoDMERB medical evaluation process looks at what you present on your medical history questionnaires and results from the physical exams. DoDMERB then finds you either meet the military accession standard or you don’t (Q or DQ). Unless there is a mismatch between what you say in your essay and what you report to DoDMERB, your process will proceed the usual way, with DoDMERB handling medical qualification. The Admissions team wil be focusing on the quality of your response to the prompt.

Thank you ma’am!

 

[MarTac]

Just to add my two cents worth…. My son (now a new cadet at USMA) had a head injury several years ago that lead to a hospital stay and long recovery, as well as year with no contact sports. He fully recovered and had to get a waiver for admission (waiver process at WP is different than we experienced with other SAs) but did use his injury and recovery as his topic for “overcoming adversity” and it seemed to work- since us is there now (and similar candidate statements landed him other SA appointments.) Good luck and hang in there through the process. It can be intimidating, frustrating, and long (especially medical waiver process) but the reward is wort the effort!